Lowther v. Potter
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Suit by C. E. Lowtlier against William Potter and another. From a decree for defendants (197 Fed. 196), plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
Potter owned lands which Lowther desired to buy.. Oral negotiations were had# in connection with which Lowther wrote deeds ’in due form describing the property. This occurred at Potter’s home, remote from any town, and in the presence of no one else except a deputy clerk, who was Lowther’s assistant. Potter then signed and acknowledged the deeds and. put them in his pocket. Both parties understood that the deeds were not to be delivered until Potter (who could not read) had consulted a lawyer at the county seat and found that the papers were in form satisfactory to him.…
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